Here is a photo round-up of the 4th Annual Dulwich Piano Festival at James Allen’s Girls’ School.
Photos from the 4th Annual Dulwich Piano Festival
Category: Dulwich Music Festival
Harpsichord Competition at the Horniman Museum and Gardens: Dulwich Piano Festival 2014/2015
We were delighted that the Horniman Museum and Gardens hosted the Dulwich Piano Festival’s Harpsichord Competition on their beautiful 1772 Kirckman competition. Steven Devine adjudicated the competition and performed a short recital of music by Handel.
Steven Devine has performed all over the world as a harpsichord soloist (his recent Chandos recording of the Goldberg Variations was described by Gramophone Magazine as “one of the best”), he is a highly sought-after continuo player with permanent positions with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Classical Opera and London Baroque and directs repertoire with a wide range of groups with repertoire from 16th century polyphony to new commissions.
Thank you to Mimi Waitzman and the team and the museum for help making the event possible. We look forward to returning in 2015 and introducing this wonderful instrument to young musicians.
Entries are now open for the 2015 Dulwich Piano Festival:
http://dulwichpianofestival.co.uk
#ArvoPart80 – A special Set Pieces class celebrating Arvo Pärt’s 80th birthday
The 2015 Dulwich Piano Festival is celebrating the 80th birthday of composer Arvo Pärt with the inclusion of his piece “Für Anna Maria” for solo piano.
Entries are now open via our online entry form:
dulwichpianofestival.co.uk
Arvo Pärt is a composer whose creative output has significantly changed the way we understand the nature of music.
To honour the composer in his 80th year of life, Universal Edition will be collecting performance dates, reviews, CD releases and more on a dedicated blog. We are paying tribute to Arvo by including his beautiful piano piece, Für Anna Maria, on our syllabus. The class is open to pianists playing at a novice/intermediate level – all ages welcome. The class is not suitable for pianists that have progressed beyond Grade 5 level.
The class will be adjudicated by pianist, piano teacher and blogger Frances Wilson. Frances discusses the piece and why we have chosen this piece for the festival.
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